Are these books really organized?

Bookshelf Before Organizing and how they are sitting in a corner as you walk in room

Books, we all love them and we tend to buy them for many reasons whether for inspiration or to learn a new idea. When I first started quilting I would buy any book that appealed to me and I collected many over the years. Even after getting rid of some yearly I still had a [...]

Pickleweed’s Playroom

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Wouldn’t this be a wonderful room to sew in? All that natural light and the views out the windows so you can watch nature. What you don’t see of course is the fabric and that’s because they would be stored in wall cabinets on the other side of the room. Of course my sewing room looks [...]

Baskets are wonderful!

I was reading the C&T blog today and I can sympathize. My husband calls me the basket lady. The post can be seen at this August 4th blog post. The picture at the very bottom got me to thinking how cool it would look in a sewing studio to have several different sized lined baskets [...]

Other Studios

One of the things I enjoy finding most on the internet is photos and stories of sewing studios by other quilters and crafters. It is amazing when you study certain areas of the photos what you can learn that will help you with organizing your own space. Today I saw a link to look at [...]

Sewing Rooms 2007_2008

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Here is another gallery of my sewing rooms in 2007 through 2008. As you can see I changed the colors from Blue to Green and Lavender. I also added cubicals as they allow flexibility for height. I can line them up against the walls or I can stack them. My original bookcase was taller and [...]

Previous Sewing Rooms

Other wall of Arizona sewing room

I hope you enjoy the photos below to see how you can progress over time as well. Photo 1: is one of my first sewing rooms. This was in a home where we lived in  Arizona.  As you can see it was also a small room but the furniture was sparse and I even had the [...]